Response to Satyaraja

by Nandanandana Dasa (ACBSP)

In his response to Bhakta Abdul, for Koran being on a par with the Vedas Satyaraja missed some quotes. Although the Koran can be regarded as dealing with transcendental knowledge, one God, how to attain Him, etcetera, definitely the Vedas do not support the acts of raping, looting, killing as quoted by Abdul from Koran. Therefore it is pointed out its defects as not very sound and transcendental.

From CC Adi 17.165-169:

TEXT 165

"Since you Muslims cannot bring killed animals back to life, you are responsible for killing them. Therefore you are going to hell; there is no way for your deliverance.

TEXT 166

"Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow.

TEXT 167

"There are many mistakes and illusions in your scriptures. Their compilers, not knowing the essence of knowledge, gave orders that were against reason and argument."

TEXT 168

After hearing these statements by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Kazi, his arguments stunned, could not put forward any more words. Thus, after due consideration, the Kazi accepted defeat and spoke as follows.

PURPORT

In our practical preaching work we meet many Christians who talk about statements of the Bible. When we question whether God is limited or unlimited, Christian priests say that God is unlimited. But when we question why the unlimited God should have only one son and not unlimited sons, they are unable to answer. Similarly, from a scientific point of view, the answers of the Old Testament, New Testament and Koran to many questions have changed. But a sastra cannot change at a person's whim. All sastras must be free from the four defects of human nature. The statements of sastras must be correct for all time.

TEXT 169

"My dear Nimai Pandita, what You have said is all true. Our scriptures have developed only recently, and they are certainly not logical and philosophical.

PURPORT

The sastras of the yavanas, or meat-eaters, are not eternal scriptures. They have been fashioned recently, and sometimes they contradict one another. The scriptures of the yavanas are three: the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran. Their compilation has a history; they are not eternal like the Vedic knowledge. Therefore although they have their arguments and reasonings, they are not very sound and transcendental. As such, modern people advanced in science and philosophy deem these scriptures unacceptable.

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